Indiana utility regulator's job move raises new questions

Comes on heels of Edwardsport ethics scandal

7:54 AM,
Nov. 13, 2013

Kari A.E. Bennett has taken a job with MISO.

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The newest member of the powerful Indiana state agency that approves utility rates is resigning after less than three years on the job to take a job with a private organization that represents dozens of utilities across the Midwest in controlling the region's electrical grid.

Kari A.E. Bennett plans to leave the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission on Nov. 22 to take a job as senior corporate counsel with the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, better known as MISO.

Some consumer and open government advocates say the move raises more questions about the revolving door between ...